Malaysia's Minister of Health, YB Dato' Sri Liow Tiong Lai, at the International Medical University's (IMU) official opening of the Chiropractic Centre and Chinese Medicine Centre on 4 December this year, announced the critical step IMU was taking in integrating medicine, dentistry, chiropractic and now also Chinese medicine in IMU. He discussed Malaysia's use of traditional medicines in the Chinese, Indian, Malay and Islamic cultures, mentioning the strong base the population has in traditional and complementary medicine. The plan is to continue to expand the integrated hospital concepts into more areas in Malaysia besides the six they currently have.
A local study revealed that 69.4% of Malaysians use traditional and complementary medicine. The Ministry of Health are hoping to combine mainstream with traditional chinese medicine to reduce the side effects experienced by patients on drug therapy. China will be providing training, research and development in Malaysia's Salak Tinggi to create a new centre of excellence.
The open approach towards complementary medicine was refreshing and exciting. A survey in our practice showed 17.3% of first time patients/clients had tried Chinese tuina. Malaysian medical doctors attending the IMU two day Complementary Medicine seminars and workshops as part of the CPD programme had the opportunity to voice concerns over integration as well as watch a Chinese doctor use acupuncture needles with skill and finesse.
To find out more about the developments of traditional complementary medicine in Malaysia, these links may be helpful:
http://www.mmail.com.my/content/56880-traditional-complementary-medicine-bill-be-tabled-early-next-year "The Malay Mail, Dec 4th 2010"
http://www.youngmps.org/?p= 775 "East meets West in Holistic Healthcare for All"
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